MercedesFastest lap: 1:18.400, Lewis Hamilton, Day Six, UltrasoftsLaps completed: 1,040If there's any more evidence required to show that testing timesheets should come with a health warning then take a look at the case of Mercedes at the end of 2018's winter programme. Only seventh on the team-by-team rundown yet still most observers' pick as the team to beat in Melbourne. "Mercedes, rest assured, are going into this championship as very much the favourites," Red Bull's Christian Horner told Sky Sports on the final day. The headline times didn't show it, but the long runs completed by Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas on the final two days, principally on the medium tyre, were...
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